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Gakuden Station platformMar 14, 2007
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Entertainment after the Honen FestivalMar 14, 2007
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Mochi-nage area.Mar 14, 2007
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Gakuden Station platformMar 14, 2007
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Meitetsu Railway Gakuden Station, nearest to Ooagata Shrine. 楽田駅（がくでん）Mar 14, 2007
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View of Komaki from the plum garden.Mar 14, 2007
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View of Komaki from the plum garden.Mar 14, 2007
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Plum blossoms bloom in mid-MarchMar 14, 2007
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View of shrine from plum gardenMar 14, 2007
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Weeping pink plum blossomsMar 14, 2007
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Beautiful weeping pink plum blossomsMar 14, 2007
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Weeping white plum blossoms on a slope. 梅まつりMar 14, 2007
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Weeping white plum blossomsMar 14, 2007
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Weeping white plum blossoms 白梅Mar 14, 2007
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Mikoshi portable shrine 神輿Mar 14, 2007
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In the rear of Ooagata Jinja Shrine, a Plum Garden on a slope.Mar 14, 2007
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Ooagata Jinja Shrine Plum Garden 梅園Mar 14, 2007
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Daikoku Ebisu Shrine 大黒恵比須神社Mar 14, 2007
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Omikuji fortuneMar 14, 2007
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Votive tabletsMar 14, 2007
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Daikoku Ebisu Shrine 大黒恵比須神社Mar 14, 2007
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Mini torii. Pay money to crawl under the torii (looks like only a child can do it) for good luck.Mar 14, 2007
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Daikoku Ebisu Shrine 大黒恵比須神社Mar 14, 2007
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More female rocks.Mar 14, 2007
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Oagata Shrine's Female Rock. Not a good likeness...「姫石」（陰石）Mar 14, 2007
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Female RockMar 14, 2007
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Oagata Shrine's Female Rock. 女性器をかたどった石Mar 14, 2007
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There it is. The female rock. 女性器をかたどった石Mar 14, 2007
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「姫石」（陰石）Mar 14, 2007
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On the right of Himenomiya Shrine, is a narrow, non-descript path going to the rear.Mar 14, 2007
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Himenomiya Shrine 姫之宮Mar 14, 2007
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Hime-no-miya Shrine 姫之宮Mar 14, 2007
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Himenomiya Shrine 姫之宮Mar 14, 2007
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Ooagata Shrine groundsMar 14, 2007
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Honen Matsuri Festival banner disguising the female organ.Mar 14, 2007
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Road to Ooagata (Oagata) Shrine, famous for worshipping a rock shaped like the female sexual organ. It also holds the Honen Matsuri for a good harvest and fertility on the Sunday before March 15. 大県神社The shrine is the female counterpart to Tagata Shrine which worships the phallus in neighboring Komaki. The shrine is also noted for weeping plum blossoms.Mar 14, 2007
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Honen Matsuri Festival banner depicting Hime-no-miyaMar 14, 2007
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Oagata Shrine toriiMar 14, 2007
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